My favourite lake lies at the end of the machair, the grassy plain behind the dunes. I’m not sure I can even call it a lake, at least officially, as the EU’s water framework directive says a lake has to span at least 50 hectares, and I doubt if this one makes even an old-fashioned acre. But it has long been Dooaghtry Lough on the maps, and that’s good enough…
Irish Times, 17/01/15. Read the full article ‘Small is beautiful – Ireland’s lakes, ponds and pools‘.